family Rajidae

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family Rajidae - bottom-dwelling tropical rays: skates

fish family - any of various families of fish

Batoidei, order Batoidei, order Rajiformes, Rajiformes - fish with dorsoventrally flattened bodies; includes: rays; skates; guitarfishes; sawfishes

skate - large edible rays having a long snout and thick tail with pectoral fins continuous with the head; swim by undulating the edges of the pectoral fins

genus Raja, Raja - type genus of the family Rajidae

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These factors, along with bycatch, can lead these organisms to a population decline, and the family Rajidae is one of the most vulnerable to exploitation (Dulvy and Reynolds, 2002).

Analysis of food habits of skate Rioraja agassizii (Elasmobranchii, rajidae) from southern Brazil/Analise quantitativa dos habitos alimentares da raia Rioraja agassizii (Elasmobranchii, Rajidae) do Sudeste e Sul do Brasil

venezuelae was lower in females than in males, backing the hypothesis proposed by Braccini & Chiaramonte (2002) for some small sized skates of the family Rajidae, where females reach size of sexual maturity before males, Psammobatis extenta and U.

Biologia reproductiva de la raya redonda de Venezuela Urotrygon Venezuelae Schultz del Caribe colombiano

2009) for several species of the family Rajidae (i.

First record of morphological abnormality in embryos of Urotrygon rogersi (Jordan & Starks, 1895) (Myliobatiformes: Urotrygonidae) in the tropical Eastern Pacific/Primer registro de Anomalia morfologica en embriones de Urotrygon Rogersi (Jordan & Starks, 1895) (Myliobatiformes: Urotrygonidae) en el Pacifico Oriental tropical

However, these changes to the genus Zearaja are one part of the taxonomic and systematic issues of genera within the Family Rajidae (Eschmeyer & Fong 2011).

Una revision sobre las rayas de hocico largo Zearaja chilensis y Dipturus trachyderma (Rajiformes: Rajidae)